ABSTRACT
The economic expansion of Europe and the search for state glory in the nineteenth century was not an isolated historical occurrence. It touched other peoples of the world as well, mainly through European imperialism and colonialism. Colonialism saw the agglomeration of numerous and sometimes diverse ethnic communities of Africa into colonial states with modern production and organizational systems closely linked with the economies of the industrialized countries, or what is sometimes known as the international capitalist economy. But, since the end of World War II, the indigenous peoples of these colonies began to revolt against foreign domination and took various actions that ultimately led to their political independence. Colonialism induced new socioeconomic and political changes that set the context within which the struggle for development is being waged.
